The Role
Lead and scale FP&A for manufacturing, EPC infrastructure, commercial, and corporate planning. Build financial systems, project controls and earned value management for billion-dollar projects. Provide real-time analytics, pricing/unit-economics, scenario planning, cash management, and develop high-performing finance teams to support commercial delivery of fusion power plants.
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About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy.
Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers and suppliers to build the energy industry of the future.
We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised nearly $3 billion in capital, making us the largest and leading private fusion company in the world.
Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.
If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.
Join the power movement as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis
We are now hiring our VP of FP&A to lead us through our next phases of finance team and systems growth. This is a unique opportunity to build the financial engine of a company and to architect and lead the finance effort for a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of first-of-a-kind infrastructure, manufacturing, and R&D projects.
What you'll do:
- Finance Operating System: Continuously improve the company's financial systems, processes, and tools as the company delivers fusion power plants, grows our manufacturing operation, and expands our cutting edge R&D
- FP&A for our Manufacturing Business: CFS has two core businesses. The first is an OEM business that develops, designs, manufactures, ships, and supports magnets and tokamak components. You will lead and grow the FP&A team that supports this business, providing real-time financial analytics and reporting that aids decision making across the business
- FP&A for our EPC Business: CFS's second core business is an infrastructure EPC that designs and delivers fusion power plants. This requires a unique set of FP&A, Project Controls, Earned Value Management, and Project Management capabilities tailored to billion-dollar infrastructure projects delivered at hyperscaler pace. You will lead and grow this team as we prepare the company to deliver many ARC power plants globally
- Commercial FP&A: As CFS transitions to commercial delivery of power plants, your team will partner with the Commercial team to build unit economics, pricing models, and financial analysis frameworks. You will provide critical financial support for customer contracts, energy delivery deals, and the long-term profitability of our fusion power plants
- Corporate Planning: Strengthen CFS's corporate planning function that connects long-term strategy with short-term execution. Your team will manage the creation of the annual operating plans and provide executives with scenarios and analysis to inform corporate strategy
What we’re looking for:
- 15+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including VP-level strategic leadership roles managing core FP&A and building new corporate capabilities
- An exceptional architect of scalable financial systems and practices that ensure data integrity amidst complexity while democratizing that data to aid decision making for all budget owners. Demonstrated ability to leverage financial data at scale to drive operational improvements across an organization
- Manufacturing FP&A experience, leading and building financial systems that support and continuously improve a well-oiled operational machine
- Plant Infrastructure FP&A experience, leading and building financial systems that support the delivery of billion-dollar class infrastructure projectsTrack record of leading, developing, and scaling exceptional finance teams
- Proven success in capital-intensive, pre-revenue settings, with expertise in scenario planning and cash management
Bonus points for:
- Proven ability to navigate and succeed in matrix organizational structures
Must-have Requirements:
- Work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics
#LI-Onsite
At CFS, we excel in fast-paced environments, driven by our values of integrity, execution, impact, and self-critique. As we grow, we’re eager to bring on mission-driven folks who offer diverse perspectives and fresh ways to tackle challenges.
We value diversity deeply and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer by choice. We consider all qualified applicants equally, regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law.
This role requires compliance with U.S. laws concerning the export of controlled or protected technologies or information (collectively, “Export Control Laws"). Any offer of employment will be contingent on the need for compliance with such Export Control Laws.
Skills Required
- 15+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including VP-level strategic leadership
- Proven track record of leading, developing, and scaling finance teams
- Experience architecting scalable financial systems and practices ensuring data integrity
- Manufacturing FP&A experience building and improving operational financial systems
- Plant infrastructure / EPC FP&A experience including project controls and Earned Value Management for large infrastructure projects
- Proven success in capital-intensive, pre-revenue settings with expertise in scenario planning and cash management
- Compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws as a condition of employment
- Ability to work in a facility with industrial hazards (heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage/current, pressure systems, cryogenics)
- Proven ability to navigate and succeed in matrix organizational structures
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The Company
What We Do
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. CFS is collaborating with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with new groundbreaking high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. CFS is now building SPARC, the world's first commercially relevant, net energy fusion demonstration device. SPARC will pave the way for the first fusion power plant, ARC, that will produce power on the grid. The ultimate mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
